A memorial service for Clarence Spitzer will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 30, at Christ United Methodist Church, 350 Saratoga Rd. Amherst, NY 14226.
A lunch reception will follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the church in memory of Clarence Spitzer.
FLANAGAN – Marjorie H. (nee Hasselbeck)
August 17, 2017, age 89, born April 29, 1928. Wife of the late John N. Flanagan; mother of Katherine F. (late Ronald) Ring of Watertown, NY and Sheila A. (Gerald Vanderheite) Flanagan of Newfane, NY; grandmother of Alexander Flanagan Moskal (fiancee Jamie Monaco); sister of Eugene (late JoAnn) Hasselbeck. Friends may call Monday 4-8 PM at the DENGLER, ROBERTS, PERNA FUNERAL HOME 3070 Delaware Ave., Kenmore. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered Tuesday 9:30 AM at St. Christopher R.C. Church, 2660 Niagara Falls Blvd., Tonawanda. Memorials to Hospice Foundation WNY 225 Como Park Blvd. PO Box 590, Buffalo, NY 14240 or St. Christopher Outreach Program, 2660 Niagara Falls Blvd., Tonawanda, NY14150.
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Marjorie “Midge” (Hasselbeck) Flanagan ’46 was a longtime, active member of our Amherst Central Alumni Board of Directors. She was the Class Director for the Class of 1946 & very conscientiously Co-Chaired the Mini-Grants Committee – which laid the groundwork for our current Grants Committee.
From the Baltimore Sun:
Leafy greens grow profusely at the tiny East Baltimore farm, but not in parallel rows in the ground. They pop out of vertical white troughs that hang from a metal ceiling.
Light-emitting diodes glow 18 hours a day, providing the equivalent of full sunshine. Electronic sensors gauge temperature, pH levels and the nutritional needs of plants, driving automatic adjustments to the heat, water and food they are provided.
This retrofitted ex-shipping container in a parking lot in Broadway East is hardly your grandfather’s farm. And in his skinny jeans, black sneakers and recycled-materials T-shirt, J.J. Reidy will remind no one of the guy with the pitchfork and overalls in Grant Wood’s “American Gothic.”
Reidy, 29, is the founder and CEO of Urban Pastoral Collective, a two-year-old business with a dual mission: to produce and sell fresh, whole foods in an urban setting and to help leverage the value of such foods into a movement that transforms the way Americans live and interact in cities.
Reidy and his business partner, Christian de Paco, 27, are staking their mission’s “grand vision” on a core belief: that food is not merely a basic human need; it’s also a powerful social connector and, if handled properly, a potent driver of change.
HUBER – Karl B. Jr. July 31, 2017, suddenly, after a tragic accident. Beloved husband of Barbara (Doller) Huber; dear father of Karl B. III and Eric (Nicole) Huber and survived by their mother, Joan Walsh; loving and cherished grandfather of Karl IV, Bryce, Zachary, Gavin, Jacob and Claire; brother of Joseph (late Rosalind), Edward, Francis, David (Mary Susan), Ruth Huber, Mary (Dennis) Kasprzyk, Paula, Guy Huber, Shirley (Ed) Fazekas and Michael (Louise) Huber; survived by many nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, August 5 at 11:00 AM in St. George Church, 74 Old Glenwood Rd., West Falls, NY 14170. Memorials may be made to the Lothlorien TRC, 15 Reiter Rd., East Aurora, NY 14052 or Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Karl was an avid member of Crag Burn Golf Club. Arrangements by JAMES E. GRACE FUNERAL HOME, INC.
Clarence Edward Spitzer Jr., formerly of Amherst, NY, died peacefully July 24, 2017 at St. Mary’s Care Center, Madison WI. He was 96 years old.
Clarence was born in 1920 in Clymer, New York, son of Clarence E. Spitzer and Grace Ashdown Spitzer. He was a graduate of Clymer Central School, Allegheny College, and Harvard University, and served in the US Army 1942-1945 in Europe.
Clarence taught high school social studies and history in Shortsville, NY, Marlboro, NY and at Amherst Central High School in Snyder, NY over the course of 35 years. At Amherst, he was faculty advisor for the yearbook for 26 years, and coached students in the Model UN Club. He received a John Hay Fellowship for the 1959 Summer Institute in the Humanities. He received a Fulbright Fellowship to teach high school history in the Netherlands in 1966 and 1967. The year abroad gave Clarence and his family the memorable experience of Dutch life and European travels.
Clarence was a member of the Amherst Education Association, Amherst Retired Teachers Association and Buffalo Stamp Club. He and his wife, Carol, hosted numerous Buffalo World Hospitality visitors and were host parents for an American Field Service student from Japan.
Clarence was an active member of Christ United Methodist Church, Snyder NY. He served as a substitute organist, and sang tenor in the choir for 40 years. He contributed to numerous educational programs and committees, and organized the church archives.
Clarence had a lifetime love for classical music. He played piano and organ and was an avid concert and theater attendee. He rarely missed a season of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Amherst Symphony Orchestra. In later years he played in the Amherst Recorder Consort.
After retirement, Clarence and Carol traveled extensively in Europe, Canada and the United States. He served on the Amherst Symphony Orchestra Advisory Board, and volunteered for the Amherst Chamber Ensemble, the Amherst Central Alumni Foundation, and the Blind Association of Western New York (now the Olmsted Center for Sight).
Clarence is survived by his three children, David (Diane Fulton), Nancy (Tom Tompkin) and Ronald (Eve Battaglia), and a granddaughter, Clare.
Clarence was preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 63 years, Carol Schaal Spitzer, and brother Donald J. Spitzer.
Plans for a memorial service in Buffalo, NY are forthcoming. Memorial donations may be made to Christ United Methodist Church, 350 Saratoga Rd. Amherst, NY 14226.
Updated:
A memorial service for Clarence Spitzer will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 30, at Christ United Methodist Church, 350 Saratoga Rd. Amherst, NY 14226.
A lunch reception will follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the church in memory of Clarence Spitzer.
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